Ping device for spinning-machines



(No Model.)

- J. GAIN. WIPING DEVICE EUR SPINNING MACHINES. No. 547,063.

Patented Oct. 1, 1895.

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JOHN CAIN, OF UTIOA, NEIV YORK.

WIPING DEVICE FOR SPINNINGHMACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 547,063, dated October l, 1895.

Application filed March 14, 1895. Serial No.

541,657. (No model' To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OAIN, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Machines, the.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specication.

My invention relates to improvements in wipers for spinning-machines and similar machinery.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters and figures of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views, Figure l shows a part of a spinning-machine, showing particularly the feeding-rollers and my wiping device applied to the machine. Fig. 2 shows enlarged details of the same from the side. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows details of trackstretching devices. Fig. 5 shows an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 shows details on an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 shows a modified form of construction.

Referring to the reference letters and iigures in a more particular description of the device, l indicates the face side of the frame of a spinning-machine, and A A indicate the rollers which feed the roving in the spin ningmachine; but the details of construction of this part not being of importance are not clearlyor carefullyshown. On the side of the frame toward the carriage carrying the spindles is mounted the Wiper-body 2. rIhis consists of a plate or body, as a piece of board, adapted to lie against the face l of the frame, and is supported upon the track 3, which is stretched between the studs 4 4a, secured on the face l of the machine by means of bolts, as shown, or otherwise.

The wiper 2 is provided with a shoulderpiece 5, which projects from the wiper 2 and is provided with a downwardly-projecting lip 6, the projecting shoulder 5 and the lip 6, to-

IViping Devices for gether with the back of the wiper, forming an inverted groove, through which the cable or track 3 passes in supporting the wiper. In the upper edge of the wiper areprovided tufts or bristles, constituting a brush 17, which brushes over the upper face of the frame and rests more or less upon the face in suoli a position that they will wipe the face as the wiper is moved backward or forward.

For moving the wiper backward and forward along' the face l, I provide a pair of grooved band-wheels 7 and S, to one of which power may be applied by a band-wheel 7 and belt 7b, as shown, or in any other suitable manner. he wheels 7 and 8 are mounted loosely on studs 4AFL and 4, respectively. Around the wheels 7 and 8 pass the continuous cord or small cable-carrier 9, which also passes through eyes 10 and Il, secured upon the back of the wiperbody, and which are somewhat larger than the diameter of the carrier-cord. Secured in the cord or carrier 9 is the V-shaped spring-expander l2, which is adapted to readily enter the eyes l0 or l] at its smaller or pointed end, and is expanded at its rear end, so as not to readily pass through either of the eyes lO or ll without considerable force being applied for that purpose.

The expander I2 is preferably sim ply a piece of spring-wire passed through the body of the carrier-cable, and being pointed at its front end and properly shaped will retain itself in position without other securing means, although it may be readily understood that a special means may be provided for securing the expander in position on the carrier.

In operation the carrier is caused to pass across the face of the machine by the rotation of the wheels 7 and S, one of the strands passing in one direction and one in the opposite direction. Vhen the expander 12 comes to the eye-say, l0, in the construction as shown in the drawingsit engages therein with sufficient force to move the wiper along the fface of the machine until it comes to the end of the supporting track or cable 3, when it is stopped by one or the other of the blocks 4b, (which also hold the track out from the face 1,) and when stopped, the carrier still moving through the Wheel 8, and

forward, draws the expander 12 eye l0 and it passes around the IOO as it passes again toward the right of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1, it engages in the eye ll and moves the wiper along the face of the machine until it strikes the block 41 adjacent to the band-wheel 7, when, the wiper being again held, the spring-expander isdrawn through the eye ll and passes around to the eye 10, carrying the Wiper in the opposite direction, and thus it is kept almost continuously in motion. The band-Wheels 7 and 8 must be far enough removed from the upper parts of the machine and freed so that they will not interfere with the expander passing around their periphery. There may also be attached to the lower side of the wiper acloth or dust-rag 13, which will drag on the carriage (not shown) of the machine when it comes up to the head of the rollers A A, as is usual with this class of machines and is generally well known. In line of the eyes lO and 1l a conical split spring-expander may be provided, secured on the carriage 2, and for use with this modified form of device there is provided a ball or bead y, secured on the carrier 3 instead of the expander 12. The bead y is adapted to fully enter the large end of the expander so, and with sufficient force caused to pass entirely through it, expanding it, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 7.

It is obvious that the wiper might be supported entirely on the strands of the carrier 9 and the track 3, or its equivalent, dispensed with; but I prefer to provide the track, as it is not necessary to keep the carrier as taut as would be the ease if it were required to also support the wiper.

\VhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a carrier, a movable carriage having an eye through which the carrier passes and an expander secured on the carrier, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a wiping machine of a wiper, a belt carrier for moving the wiper, eyes secured on the wiper through which the oppositely moving parts of the carrier pass respectively, and an expander secured on the carrier, substantially as set forth.

3. In a wiping device, the combination of a track, a Wiper, a continuous carrier, eyes secured to the wiper through which the oppositely moving parts of the carrier pass respectively, and an expander secu-red on the carrier, substantially as set forth.

4. In awiping device for spinning machines, dsc., the combination of a movable wiper, a track therefor, a continuous carrier, wheels carrying the carrier, eyes on the wiper through which the oppositely moving parts of the carrier pass, respectively, and an expander secured on the carrier, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signa- -ture in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GAIN.

IVitnesses:

E. WILLARD JoNEs, GEORGE C. CARTER. 

